Potent Quotables: Paul's Troublesome Temper

omg, seriously lol, i did blather on, didn't i!?! i do love an angry irish bloke.....but could you put down the ax before we move to the bedroom?

This guy doesn't look violent to me..lol. Who did he ever scare, a few female wannabe groupies ? lol,, He doesn't look like he could fight his way out of a wet paper bag. What was he violent to a puppy ? Maybe a few gerbils ?? lmaon..He looks like a girly man.

Well Cherokee thats was just as boring as trying to figure out who this clown was. You really like to listen to yourself gab about nothing and your senseless banter lacks any whit or anything remotely interesting. I just wasted 5 minutes reading half of your poetic gibberish,,lol,,putz

i never heard of the little clown...
as far as his violent streak...well i dont think he could damage a man..must be a woaman hitter.
he would get his little self whipped if he hit a man for sure.
british men are so feminine

The general public's willingness to expose there collective and singular ignorance, on an international forum, never ceases to amaze me.

Anyone's lack of knowledge about who Paul Weller is and what his contribution to the evolution of music is and was, is probably tragically caught up in the gutter trash that passes as country and pop music in the United States.

From his brilliant "Town Called Malice" and "That's Entertainment" as the Jam's frontman, to his jazz influenced ode to joys "The Paris Match" and "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" with The Style Council, culminating in his seminal solo work such as "Come on/Let's Go" or "Wildwood", the man has epitomized nothing short of brilliance as a musician and songwriter.

Could anyone possibly listen to "All the Pictures on the Wall" and not be completely immersed in the misery, the joy and the inevitable hope that is love found and lost and perhaps one day, found again? Thank God and the Universe for his musical career. His ability and willingness to wear his heart on his sleeve while traversing the rocky road of love in the modern world is my favorite form of therapy. He is an imperfect human and has never shied away from exposing the weakness and foibles of his own humanity to the rest of the world. Man is an imperfect beast but who knew that imperfection could be set to such an exquisite, rythmic beat?

I would be remiss to paint a portrait of the man as the second coming of some kind of rock and roll jesus. He is flawed and demonstrated that hilariously albeit sadly with his recent decent into drunken debauchery with one of his much younger backup singers. After my initial bourgeois disgust, I realized he was simply a man struggling with the juggernaut of aging, something no human has ever escaped. At least he dressed well and still looked good while staggering from the pubs into the glaring light of the paparazzi's lens!

His musical legacy impacts my life on a daily basis and my heart could never have loved completely had I not been privileged enough to listen to "My Ever Changing Moods" and "You're The Best Thing"; two of the many stellar songs created during his tenure with The Style Council.

I loathe the term 'musical genius' and I would never presume to burden Weller with that ridiculously cliched moniker but he is one of the few rock era musician that I have found to be consistently relevant for more than 3 decades. VanMorrison and Bob Dylan are two others that come to mind and certainly Mr. Weller does not wilt in the comparison.

Mr. Weller has written incredibly beautiful love songs but his cynical take on British politics and its ripple effect on the rest of the world, opened my heart and my mind in ways no political posturing from the media, or the politicians themselves, ever could. My world view would certainly be deficient had I not spent countless hours listening and dancing to "The Big Boss Groove". I don't think anyone has ever captured the angst of a brutal awareness of what inconsequential pawns we are in the absurdist theatre that is our modern politcal and religious reality so succinctly and set it to music you can DANCE to. It is bloody brilliant!

Educate yourself; stop and learn and listen to the lyrical and musical poetry that is Paul Weller, your world will be so much richer for it!

copyright@CherokeeLair2010

NEVER heard of this No Name Frontman. I too follow Politics as a Cartoonist...RAGE? Nope. Angry, Pissed, Let Down and sometimes completely Baffled, But NO RAGE!!!

If you have never heard of him, maybe it's time to stop letting MTV dictate what you listen to and try finding some real music!

That "Freak Show" has been recording and selling out tours worldwide for over three decades. Just about any guitar band in the past 25 years to come out of the UK owe Paul Weller & his former band The Jam a huge debt of gratitude. They perfected the power pop sound, and made some phenomenal music.

never heard of this freak show

WHOOOOOO?????????????/

Miss ONE...